Basic concepts of epigenetics

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 607-615

  Inbar Feigenberg, Michal ^a   Choufani, Sanaa ^a   Butcher, Darci T ^a   Roifman, Maian ^a   Weksberg, Rosanna ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; epigenetic reprogramming; Epigenetics; genomic imprinting; histone modification; microRNA; X inactivation

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4; MICRORNA; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; SOMATOMEDIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BECKWITH WIEDEMANN SYNDROME; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME DUPLICATION; COVALENT BOND; CPG ISLAND; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE DOSAGE; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME IMPRINTING; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HISTONE UBIQUITINATION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MITOSIS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; PHENOTYPE; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SUBFERTILITY; SUMOYLATION; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EPIGENOMICS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84875229795     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.01.117     Document Type: Review

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